SAMPLE ASSESSMENT OUTLINE
POLITICS AND LAW
GENERAL YEAR 11
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Sample assessment outline
Politics and Law – General Year 11
Unit 1 and Unit 2
Assessment Assessment Assessment When/start type type weighting task and (from the syllabus) (from the syllabus) weighting submission date Investigation Explanation Source analysis Assessment task 10% Semester 1 Weeks 8–10 Task 2 Part A: Research and present written notes, including a bibliography, on the issue of law enforcement in North Korea, focusing on capital punishment and the gulags Task 2 Part B: In‐class extended answer, which is sectionalised, based on the research associated with the investigation and class work (law enforcement in North Korea; ways individuals and groups can participate or oppose in North Korea) 10% Semester 2 Week 11–12 Task 6: Research and present written notes on the ways of protecting human rights in Australia and the USA with reference to the Constitution and statutes in each country 15% Semester 1 Week 5 Task 1: Answer a series of closed and partially open short answer questions based on the following content: 
Political decision making in Australia’s Westminster system 
The role of Parliament, Prime Minister and Cabinet in political decision making 
Features of a democracy 15% Semester 2 Week 13 Task 7: A sectionalised extended answer question which can require description, discussion and/or comparison based on the following content: 
The ways of protecting human rights in Australia 
The protection of human rights in the USA 10% Semester 1 Week 13 Task 3: A source and a series of open and closed and questions where the source is related to the following content: 
How statute law and common law are made in Australia 
The court hierarchy and precedent 10% Semester 2 Week 4 Task 5: A source and a series of open and closed and questions where the source is related to the following content: 
Overview of the adversarial system with reference to Western Australia 
Overview of the alternatives to the adversarial system 20% 30% 20% Sample assessment outline | Politics and Law | General Year 11
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Assessment Assessment Assessment When/start type type weighting task and (from the syllabus) (from the syllabus) weighting submission date Test Total 15% Semester 1 Week 16 Task 4: A series of questions linked to provided stimulus material requiring some short and longer answers and based on the following Unit 1 content: 
Democracy, totalitarianism and the rule of law 15% Semester 2 Week 16 Task 8: A series of questions requiring some short and longer answers and based on the following Unit 2 content: 
The development of civil and political rights 
How individuals express dissatisfaction with political and legal decisions and effect change 100% 30% 100% Assessment task Sample assessment outline | Politics and Law | General Year 11